See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.  Isaiah 48:10 NIV

He is using this season right now to stretch, bend, purify, and refine each of us into a warrior. Kind of like coal that get crushed and pressed and eventually turns into diamond, so our character and faith after the Lord puts us through His refining process. 

With the world around us literally being flung to and fro I feel like I'm relearning the good news of the Gospel, which is the fact that Jesus Christ has already entered into our realm of existence and is eager to participate in our journey of healing and wholeness, salvation. 

He's already here, He has come into the middle of our storms and messes and says, "I'll walk with you if you let Me”.  Whoa. Hallelujah, yes Lord, dwell among us, dwell within us.